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UMD Researcher Awarded $1.99M to Develop Bird Flu Vaccine

The Funding Extends Successful Research Supported by An MPower Seed Grant

March 02, 2026

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Andrew Broadbent, assistant professor in the Department of Animal and Avian Sciences at the University of Maryland College Park, and Lynda Coughlan, associate professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore have received a $1.99M award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture through the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), to develop and test a vaccine to protect chickens against avian influenza H5N1.

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